This section offers helpful tips and links to free resources to start a florist business.
- An overview of your options for starting a flower shop:
- Buying an existing flower shop (including how to find flower shops for sale)
- Buying a franchise (includes pros and cons of franchising, plus costs and contact information for leading floral franchises)
- Opening a new flower shop
- What to include in a business plan
- What to consider when choosing a location for your flower shop
- A list of tools, equipment and supplies you'll need in your flower shop, and where to get them
- Setting up your flower shop (including how to create displays to promote sales)
- How to find and work with growers and wholesalers that can supply you with flowers
- Managing your flower shop
- Setting your prices
- Hiring employees
- How to organize the day's orders
- What to do when a shipment of flowers arrives
- Options for delivering flowers to customers
- Marketing your business and getting customers, including:
- Walk-in customers
- Phone and online customers
- Corporations
- Government
- Hospitals
- Hotels and restaurants
- Funeral homes
- Wire services that can give you orders from customers outside of your city, state or country
- Working with customers
- How to increase sales by greeting customers the right way
- How to consult with clients who need flowers for an event
- Refunds and how to avoid them
- Ways to keep customers coming back
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